[TRNSYS-users] Strange error when running a simulation

[David Bradley]

Chun Kwong,
   That error is telling you that the TRNSYS kernel was expecting to 
find one thing in the input file and found something else instead. For 
example, if your input file said that you were going to have 10 
parameters but only 9 were listed, then the kernel would interpret the 
keyword following the list of parameters ("INPUTS" probably) as the 10th 
parameter. Another common cause is if you have the wrong number of 
LABELS for a printer. The best way to track down the problem is to open 
the *.lst file (which contains a rewrite of the input file as 
interpreted by the kernel. The "$" is supposed to appear underneath or 
in place of the variable that was not understood. If you suspect your 
component, make sure that the fortran code and the proforma match each 
other in terms of the number of inputs, outputs, and parameters.
Best
  david


On 5/6/2010 02:57, a8304506 at graduate.hku.hk wrote:
> Hello, all.
>
> When I performed a simulation, I got the following error message:
>
> *** Fatal Error at time   :         7.000000
>      Generated by Unit     : Not applicable or not available
>      Generated by Type     : Not applicable or not available
>      TRNSYS Message     98 : Unrecognized variable name or bad data card. TRNSYS
> was looking for a numerical value or the name of a variable defined in an
> equation/constant and instead it found the data in "reported information"
> below.
>      Reported information  :  Reference parameters...
>
>   Reference parameters...
>              $
>
> I cannot trace which unit causes the problem.  By enabling the equation trace,
> it seems that the simulation stopped after executing one type created by myself
> which used the bulit-in subroutine Dynamicdata. The Dynamicdata gave zero to
> all the interpolated outputs from the data file.  Does anyone encounter similar
> problem before?  Thank you!
>
> Best Regards
> LEE, Chun Kwong
> Division of Building Science and Technology
> City University of Hong Kong
>
>
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